kwargs in python code example

Example 1: unlimited arguments python

def add(*args):		# *args takes multiple inputs
  return sum(args)


print(add(1,2,3,4,5))    # prints 15
print(add(10, 20, 30))	 # prints 60

Example 2: variable number of arguments to python class

def multiply(*args):
    z = 1
    for num in args:
        z *= num
    print(z)

multiply(4, 5)
multiply(10, 9)
multiply(2, 3, 4)
multiply(3, 5, 10, 6)

Example 3: args kwargs python

>>> def argsKwargs(*args, **kwargs):
...     print(args)
...     print(kwargs)
... 
>>> argsKwargs('1', 1, 'slgotting.com', upvote='yes', is_true=True, test=1, sufficient_example=True)
('1', 1, 'slgotting.com')
{'upvote': 'yes', 'is_true': True, 'test': 1, 'sufficient_example': True}

Example 4: use of kwargs and args in python classes

def myFun(*args,**kwargs): 
    print("args: ", args) 
    print("kwargs: ", kwargs) 
    
myFun('my','name','is Maheep',firstname="Maheep",lastname="Chaudhary")

# *args - take the any number of argument as values from the user 
# **kwargs - take any number of arguments as key as keywords with 
# value associated with them

Example 5: difference between args and kwargs in python

# We use *args and **kwargs as an argument when we are unsure 
# about the number of arguments to pass in the functions.

#This is an example of *args 
def adder(*num):
    sum = 0
    
    for n in num:
        sum = sum + n

    print("Sum:",sum)

adder(3,5)
adder(4,5,6,7)
adder(1,2,3,5,6)\


#This is an example of **kwargs
def intro(**data):
    print("\nData type of argument:",type(data))

    for key, value in data.items():
        print("{} is {}".format(key,value))

intro(Firstname="Sita", Lastname="Sharma", Age=22, Phone=1234567890)
intro(Firstname="John", Lastname="Wood", Email="[email protected]", Country="Wakanda", Age=25, Phone=9876543210)

Example 6: **kwargs

When it iterating over a dictionary you are only able to iterate over 
the keys not the values. The ** when placed before a variable will allow
you to iterate and unpack both key and value pairs. Because you are 
unpacking both key and value this will return the result as a dictionary.